Heat head coach Pat Riley said he intends to benefit from -- rather than trade -- Brian Grant and Eddie Jones now that they will be surrounded by better players.

''These guys are productive players,'' he said. ``Because we were strapped [in years past], all we could do was put minimum-[salary] players around them. Last year we had seven guys who were never in an NBA rotation playing.''

Further proving Riley's intention to keep Grant and Jones was this quote from Donnie Nelson, Mavericks president of basketball operations: ''The minute they got Lamar Odom, Grant became off limits,'' Nelson told The Dallas Morning News.